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Welcome to Crane ...

So far, we found very little information about Crane. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

We've added Crane to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Crane, please Contact Us.

Crane would have been located within present day Washington County<2>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Crane, you might consider that their post office opened in 1884.

While the community is gone, the present day location for Crane is 3,360 feet [1,024 m] above sea level.<3> In other words, the altitude of Crane is about ¾ mile [or ~1 km] above sea level.

Time Zone: The area where Crane was located is in the Mountain Time Zone (MST/MDT) and observes daylight saving time

Note: If you travel west from Crane (for example, toward Huntington (OR)), you will leave Mountain Time and cross into the Pacific Time Zone (PST/PDT).

The Area Codes where Crane was located: 208 & 986<4>

Communities Also Named Crane ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 13 communities that are also named Crane - they are located in Arizona, Indiana, Kansas, Louisiana, Missouri, Montana, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Texas, Virginia, Washington, Wisconsin and Wyoming.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Crane.

Communities near Crane ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Crane.

  • Cambridge
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Midvale
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
  • Indian Valley
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
  • Mesa
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
  • Ola
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Belvidere
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
    • Belvidere is located in Valley County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belvidere
  • Cascade
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Council
    (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
  • Banks
    (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
  • Brownlee
    (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
    • Brownlee is located in Boise County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brownlee

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Crane. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Crane.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Crane. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Crane.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Crane. See our Newspapers Page for Crane.

Adding Crane to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Crane in the GNIS. For more information, see the Referenced GNIS Codes section on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found (so far) for Crane was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>

From that list, the Crane post office opened in 1884. The Crane post office closed in 1918.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Crane.

Footnotes ...

<1>We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Crane, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>If you're interested in how the shape of Idaho's counties, including Washington, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<3>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Crane - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<4>When there's a risk of an area code running out of phone numbers, an 'Overlay Area Code' is created that has the same geographic boundaries as the existing area code. In this case, the 208 code has been Overlayed with the 986 area code. New phone numbers in the Crane area will be assigned with one of these codes: 208 or 986. As a result, placing a call in the Crane area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<5>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<6>A copy of the Blevins & Helbock Post Office list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/